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Apropos of nothing (or somewhat), a thread has reminded me of the book Smallcreep’s Day by Peter Currell Brown.
After checking my database that, yes I should still have my copy (along with The Tin Men c.f.) I did a quick net search and found this gem of a blog post of yore by the author's son.
http://davidnoelbrown.blogspot.com/2007/11/smallcreep-and-internet.htmlMy awareness of the book came via one of the Hipgnosis books literally covering the Mike Rutherford album (also c.f.).
#Bookstoden -
Argh, went out to see a water & light display on the Yarra River and got #whammed
Was only a 30 second extract and probably a cover not the original but I guess that counts.
#Whammageddon #Whamageddon2024 -
A quick Mastodon usage tip.
If you're scrolling along and see a post that - for any reason whatever - you suspect you might want to find again, bookmark it right then.
It's taken me ages to realise this is the best thing to do, even if you never come back to it.
This is because Mastodon - via web or an app - is quite poor at letting you later search your own feed for "that thing I saw".
But it will be in your bookmark list - at least long enough - most of the time.
#Mastodon #mastotip -
This seems a subtle case of asking myself: "why did I do that?"
I guess now that after I added threading, so that the GUI would not just lock up while a process was run, I wanted to protect my user (myself) from confusion about what was running.But perhaps I had some deeper more important reason?
Sometimes programming is a matter of blundering along, and just relying on being able to rewrite things (again) if I've headed down a wrong path - about what the program is and does.
#Progamming -
@ericholscher some days I feel that there should be a good history piece on their history and variations of concept, labeling and implementation.
Although having said that I guess I haven't looked for one for quite a while.
My awareness began with "crosstab" queries in the first version of Access. Then later with Cognos cubes (a la Transformer & PowerPlay).
As I didn't use Excel much I didn't know of its pivot support until it had been there quite a while.
#DataWork -
Conversely I won't say anything about The Constant Rabbit as I simply didn't like it for what may well be personal reasons.
I've avoided the usual "he's like other writer X" because I think he's more original than that comparison merits. I've also met him in person twice when he's passed through Melbourne meeting readers. So there's another excuse for bias, given I almost never do such meets.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
Conversely I won't say anything about The Constant Rabbit as I simply didn't like it for what may well be personal reasons.
I've avoided the usual "he's like other writer X" because I think he's more original than that comparison merits. I've also met him in person twice when he's passed through Melbourne meeting readers. So there's another excuse for bias, given I almost never do such meets.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
Conversely I won't say anything about The Constant Rabbit as I simply didn't like it for what may well be personal reasons.
I've avoided the usual "he's like other writer X" because I think he's more original than that comparison merits. I've also met him in person twice when he's passed through Melbourne meeting readers. So there's another excuse for bias, given I almost never do such meets.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
Conversely I won't say anything about The Constant Rabbit as I simply didn't like it for what may well be personal reasons.
I've avoided the usual "he's like other writer X" because I think he's more original than that comparison merits. I've also met him in person twice when he's passed through Melbourne meeting readers. So there's another excuse for bias, given I almost never do such meets.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
Conversely I won't say anything about The Constant Rabbit as I simply didn't like it for what may well be personal reasons.
I've avoided the usual "he's like other writer X" because I think he's more original than that comparison merits. I've also met him in person twice when he's passed through Melbourne meeting readers. So there's another excuse for bias, given I almost never do such meets.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like crime fiction then try the first Nursery Crime novel. I enjoyed them both but I suspect crime fans get more meta-humour from them than I did.
I do recommend Early Riser to anyone as I think it's his masterpiece. It's a standalone work and the less you are told about it the better. But in saying that I do have to admit having already become used to his style and inventiveness, so I'll assume a bias is present in this view.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like crime fiction then try the first Nursery Crime novel. I enjoyed them both but I suspect crime fans get more meta-humour from them than I did.
I do recommend Early Riser to anyone as I think it's his masterpiece. It's a standalone work and the less you are told about it the better. But in saying that I do have to admit having already become used to his style and inventiveness, so I'll assume a bias is present in this view.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like crime fiction then try the first Nursery Crime novel. I enjoyed them both but I suspect crime fans get more meta-humour from them than I did.
I do recommend Early Riser to anyone as I think it's his masterpiece. It's a standalone work and the less you are told about it the better. But in saying that I do have to admit having already become used to his style and inventiveness, so I'll assume a bias is present in this view.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like crime fiction then try the first Nursery Crime novel. I enjoyed them both but I suspect crime fans get more meta-humour from them than I did.
I do recommend Early Riser to anyone as I think it's his masterpiece. It's a standalone work and the less you are told about it the better. But in saying that I do have to admit having already become used to his style and inventiveness, so I'll assume a bias is present in this view.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like crime fiction then try the first Nursery Crime novel. I enjoyed them both but I suspect crime fans get more meta-humour from them than I did.
I do recommend Early Riser to anyone as I think it's his masterpiece. It's a standalone work and the less you are told about it the better. But in saying that I do have to admit having already become used to his style and inventiveness, so I'll assume a bias is present in this view.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like the craft of writing then read the first two Thursday Next books. Reading one will be a shock, and you might find it too madcap. But read the second too so you get a feel for the concept and affection he has about writing and reading overall.
If you like those then the multiple sequels will similarly entertain, perhaps decreasingly as is common with such things.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like the craft of writing then read the first two Thursday Next books. Reading one will be a shock, and you might find it too madcap. But read the second too so you get a feel for the concept and affection he has about writing and reading overall.
If you like those then the multiple sequels will similarly entertain, perhaps decreasingly as is common with such things.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like the craft of writing then read the first two Thursday Next books. Reading one will be a shock, and you might find it too madcap. But read the second too so you get a feel for the concept and affection he has about writing and reading overall.
If you like those then the multiple sequels will similarly entertain, perhaps decreasingly as is common with such things.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like the craft of writing then read the first two Thursday Next books. Reading one will be a shock, and you might find it too madcap. But read the second too so you get a feel for the concept and affection he has about writing and reading overall.
If you like those then the multiple sequels will similarly entertain, perhaps decreasingly as is common with such things.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
If you like the craft of writing then read the first two Thursday Next books. Reading one will be a shock, and you might find it too madcap. But read the second too so you get a feel for the concept and affection he has about writing and reading overall.
If you like those then the multiple sequels will similarly entertain, perhaps decreasingly as is common with such things.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
For my holiday I've read the book "Red Side Story" by Jasper Fforde, which is a long awaited sequel. It's been many years since "Shades of Grey", which in all honesty I had found neither easy nor satisfying. But this continuation has been both, so I am well pleased.
Fforde's works are challenging to describe, and I could easily imagine readers finding them tricky. So in case it assists, here are some views I've formed.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
For my holiday I've read the book "Red Side Story" by Jasper Fforde, which is a long awaited sequel. It's been many years since "Shades of Grey", which in all honesty I had found neither easy nor satisfying. But this continuation has been both, so I am well pleased.
Fforde's works are challenging to describe, and I could easily imagine readers finding them tricky. So in case it assists, here are some views I've formed.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
For my holiday I've read the book "Red Side Story" by Jasper Fforde, which is a long awaited sequel. It's been many years since "Shades of Grey", which in all honesty I had found neither easy nor satisfying. But this continuation has been both, so I am well pleased.
Fforde's works are challenging to describe, and I could easily imagine readers finding them tricky. So in case it assists, here are some views I've formed.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
For my holiday I've read the book "Red Side Story" by Jasper Fforde, which is a long awaited sequel. It's been many years since "Shades of Grey", which in all honesty I had found neither easy nor satisfying. But this continuation has been both, so I am well pleased.
Fforde's works are challenging to describe, and I could easily imagine readers finding them tricky. So in case it assists, here are some views I've formed.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
For my holiday I've read the book "Red Side Story" by Jasper Fforde, which is a long awaited sequel. It's been many years since "Shades of Grey", which in all honesty I had found neither easy nor satisfying. But this continuation has been both, so I am well pleased.
Fforde's works are challenging to describe, and I could easily imagine readers finding them tricky. So in case it assists, here are some views I've formed.
#JasperFforde #Bookstoden -
Saw an excellent documentary film at the Deckchair cinema in Darwin - Flyways - which covers three sets of migratory birds. Can highly recommend!
It felt like an extra bonus to have read Harry Saddler's superb book about the Eastern Curlew as that was one of the birds followed.
https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/the-eastern-curlew/
#Flyways #EasternCurlew #Conservation -
Saw an excellent documentary film at the Deckchair cinema in Darwin - Flyways - which covers three sets of migratory birds. Can highly recommend!
It felt like an extra bonus to have read Harry Saddler's superb book about the Eastern Curlew as that was one of the birds followed.
https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/the-eastern-curlew/
#Flyways #EasternCurlew #Conservation -
Saw an excellent documentary film at the Deckchair cinema in Darwin - Flyways - which covers three sets of migratory birds. Can highly recommend!
It felt like an extra bonus to have read Harry Saddler's superb book about the Eastern Curlew as that was one of the birds followed.
https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/the-eastern-curlew/
#Flyways #EasternCurlew #Conservation -
Geradewegs durch die Wand ging es bei einer Übung für #THW-Kräfte aus Hannover/Langenhagen. In einem Abrisshaus in #Mellendorf machte zunächst die Fachgruppe Ortung eine fiktive verletzte Person ausfindig. Anschließend durchbrachen die Helferinnen und Helfer der Bergungsgruppe eine trennende Wand und retteten die Person.
Während die Fachgruppe Notversorgung und Notinstandsetzung die Einsatzstellen ausleuchtete, organisierte der Zugtrupp die Arbeiten der Fachgruppen und führte eine Lagekarte. 💪